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Pikeville Library During the April 14 regular meeting of the Pike County Public Library district board of trustees, the board approved the closing of the Pikeville branch library due to Hillbilly Days. The staff will report to other libraries for those days and the Pikeville branch is reopening today. Manwhile, Assistant Libraries Director Delania…
Big Sandy Area Scholarships Each year Big Sandy Area Community Action Program (BSACAP) distributes more than $7,000 in scholarships to students in the Floyd, Johnson, Martin, Magoffin and Pike County area. The nonprofit organization will be offering ten $500 academic scholarships and one $2,000 Eula Hall Community Advocate Scholarship. Scholarships are funded through the…
Umbrella Alley Hoping to have the project complete in two weeks, the City of Whitesburg’s “Umbrella Alley” project is almost finished.City officials said there have been some minor technical difficulties.While several umbrellas have been donated, some are not the correct ones.Mayor’s Assistant Chris Caudill said if you want to help, they need a specific…
Awarded One Million Dollars A jury has awarded the former Chief Financial Officer of UK HealthCare more than $1 million, saying he was wrongly fired after raising complaints to UK, the Lexington Herald Leader reports.Sergio Melgar was hired at UK HealthCare in 2004.According to reports, Melgar raised several complaints to UK Human Resources in…
Floyd County Bakery Wins A business in Floyd County beat out 12 others and took first place in Invest 606?s 2022 Business Accelerator and Pitch Contest Saturday.FTD Bakery is owned by Samantha & Trevor Stovall.The couple was awarded $15,000 to help purchase new equipment for the business.Stovall said any local business in Kentucky should…